UK Government Stands by Windsor Framework Deal on Brexit Despite DUP Objection

UK Government Stands by Windsor Framework Deal on Brexit Despite DUP Objection
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a press conference at the Guildhall in Windsor, Berkshire, on Feb. 27, 2023, following the announcement that they have struck a deal over the Northern Ireland Protocol. PA Media
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The UK government has no plans to seek changes to its new agreement with the EU on post-Brexit trading arrangements with Northern Ireland despite the Democratic Unionist Party’s (DUP’s) decision to vote against it, Downing Street has said.

The so-called Windsor Framework—which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in February—aims to solve the dispute between the UK and the EU over the Northern Ireland Protocol by significantly reducing the number of post-Brexit checks on goods entering Northern Ireland from Great Britain.